The news: More than 200 Kenyans, many dressed in miniskirts, protested Monday on the streets of Nairobi to show support for a woman who was stripped by a mob of men who claimed she was dressed "indecently."

A witness posted the attack online after the unnamed woman was assaulted last week at a Nairobi bus stop. In response, a group of mothers going by the name Kilimani Mums organized protests and may have helped the incident to be investigated, the Star, a Nairobi-based newspaper, reported.

"When it comes to violence against women, there are no grounds for tolerance and no tolerable excuses. I hope that investigations will be carried out and the culprits charged for assault," Rachel Shebesh, a Kenyan politician and women's representative for Nairobi County told the Star. "We must take tangible action to eliminate violence against women."

The assault also sparked the #MyDressMyChoice hashtag on Twitter to decry violence against women and demand justice from the attack. Many took to social media as they protested on the streets or watched the demonstrations unfold from afar:

They said it. They showed it. #MydressMychoice protest. pic.twitter.com/ttQPYIESbz

Kenyan peculiarities--buffoons strip a lady naked but instead of getting arrested, the crime is sanitized into #mydressmychoice

This. We make girls feel like they are already guilty of something. #MyDressMyChoice pic.twitter.com/ahvr7XZjxp

You have no right to strip us!! #mydressmychoice pic.twitter.com/O8yLRTBTWe

I am in solidarity with #mydressmychoice but this conversation has to be up-scaled to lawmaker levels and 'down-scaled' to grass root levels

WhyIMarch To honour my mother(s), myself, my country #mydressmychoice

Men joined the women in wearing revealing clothing to show their support:

Mr. @bonifacemwangi dressed in a Kikuyu traditional man-dress Berry in a Luo one rescued from a mob #MyDressMyChoice pic.twitter.com/X7kg8DvQxW

When she says she is only into Lesbians #mydressmychoice pic.twitter.com/8wpLBJToq3

Ladies, it was a privilege to walk alongside you today. Y'all are inspirational in so many ways :) Thank you for fighting #MyDressMyChoice

A conservative Christian group led a rival demonstration with the chant, "We are a God-fearing nation."

If you cant wear it infront of your father, dont wear it infront of other men. It is that simple #mydressmychoice

To which another user replied: "What if I can wear it in front of my modern father who supports freedom? Men should stop making excuses for assaulting women."

Background: In Kenya's conservative society, women's rights are often abused, activists reportedly said at the rally. Despite the growing indignation, two more women were sexually violated in Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa since the video went viral last week, Al-Jazeerareported.

Many women who face assault are not waiting for the government to take action. In one Nairobi slum, young girls are joining the program Boxgirls to learn how to fight potential attackers. Despite these efforts, challenges rooted in poverty and a poorly functioning criminal justice system make justice evasive.

Women chanted during a rally in protest against violence towards women Nov. 17 in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Some 200 women gathered to rally in support of a woman who was attacked and stripped last week by a mob at a bus stop, an incident that was captured on video and went viral. She was accused of 'tempting' men because of her clothing. Getty Images

"People are not well informed about preservation of evidence," Edigah Kavulavu, a lawyer with the International Commission of Jurists in Kenya, told Reuters. "Also, the taboo associated with rape, you find that she will go and take a bath and then destroy the evidence."

The woman who was attacked in Nairobi has yet to file a complaint, but the public outrage has helped start a police investigation.

"It doesn't matter whether or not the woman was indecently dressed, after all what's the benchmark for what is considered decent? Furthermore, how did stripping her bare aid in enhancing her decency?" correspondent Winnie Kabintie wrote on Kenya Forum.